Politics

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors unsealed the indictment Friday against former President Donald Trump in connection with his handling of government documents. The 38 charges against Trump and his aide Walt Nauta include conspiracy to obstruct justice and scheme to conceal, according to the document. Trump is slated to be arraigned on Tuesday […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against his one-time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is set for trial in August 2024, according to an order Friday by a federal judge in Florida. Trump has accused Cohen of breaching his fiduciary duty and his lawsuit seeks at least a half-billion dollars in damages. […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled new initiatives to support LGBTQ Americans and called recent anti-trans efforts “thoroughly unjustified” and “ugly.” Biden was set to host the White House’s largest-ever Pride celebration but had to postpone due to the heavy smoke that inundated Washington, as well as other major U.S. cities, from raging […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said on an audio recording in 2021 that he had taken classified information with him to his Florida home after leaving the White House, ABC News has confirmed. Trump is heard on the audio recording saying, as described to ABC News, “As president I […]

(FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — The summons sent to former President Donald Trump and his legal team late Thursday indicates that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will be assigned to oversee his case, at least initially, according to sources briefed on the matter. Cannon’s apparent assignment would add yet another unprecedented wrinkle to a case involving […]

(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for a second time, this time on federal charges in relation to his handling of classified information while out of office, sources familiar confirm to ABC News. The former president faces at least seven charges, sources tell ABC News, which include willful retention of national […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges in an investigation into his handling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The indictment of Trump, who has repeatedly denied any allegations of impropriety, is unprecedented for a former president. The indictment comes after more than 100 documents […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Alabama’s congressional maps, redrawn after the 2020 census, violate Section 2 of the landmark Voting Rights Act by diluting the influence of the state’s Black voters. The 5-4 decision, which effectively strikes down Alabama’s GOP-drawn election map as illegal, came as a surprise to most court […]

(WASHINGTON) — The powerful House Oversight Committee is in the “early stages” of preparing a hearing on UFOs in the wake of unconfirmed claims from a former intelligence official that the U.S. has allegedly found crashed alien spacecraft — an account the Pentagon says is unsubstantiated. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., was first asked […]

(WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump might never have become president without them. And his quest to regain the presidency might depend on what they do now to stop him. With back-to-back announcements this week, former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joined a swelling roster of Republicans challenging Trump for the 2024 […]